Mountain Home irrigation progress described with canyon dam plan
The article details Mountain Home irrigation works by the Mountain Home irrigation company. It notes 80 workers, a 200 foot tunnel nearly finished, a 4000 foot canal on wings, dam construction in bedrock, and rapid progress toward delivering five to ten thousand acres with Canyon Creek reservoirs. It contrasts with Weiser’s inactivity and envisions Mountain Home as a future metropolis upon completion.
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Range and Valley
Mountain Home
Weiser
Frank P. Ake
C. ©. Tautphiaus
Slaho Falls
Tham
Canyon Creek
Mr. Meinke
Cottonwood
Grangeville
Craig's Mountain
Range & Valley
Salubria News Notes and Local Happenings
Local column from Salubria reports pleasant weather and early spring hopes. School resumes with fair attendance. typhoid pneumonia affects Crane Creek families. Dr. Reynolds relocates. Mr. Hemingway visits. post office move improves service. Albert Elliot injures shoulder. Dr. Howard treats him. Ice sliding on weeds drawn by horses noted as risky. Commentary on political remarks and local gossip, with social events at Hon. John Cuddy’s residence. Business dull until March. editor humor and playful quips amid town life. Hog farming yields value. Marion and Rows Smith slaughter nearly 100 hogs for pork profit. Etiquette quips about neckties and a rumored postponed wedding.
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Crane Creek
Reynolds
Hemmingway
Middle Valley
Albert Elliot
Hornet Creek
Salubrin
EB. P. Howard
Elliot
L. L
Bro
Shearer
M. T. Harlan
Hog Creek
Dolph
Idaho
Mike
John Cuddy
Misses Cuddy
Uncle John
Aunt Delia
Bis Christ
Gene
Sige Jeffries
Cate
Pup
Long Valley
Salubria
Marion
Rows Smith
Elmer Harrington
Miss
Elmer
Leap Year Bawls and Prairie News From Indian Valley
Indian Valley column discusses leap year customs for women and men, then reports on regional politics, proposed extra sessions, and local setbacks. Mentions P A Devers, Caldwell Tribune notes, snow depth, cattle, new births, dances, a railroad talk, Miss Lotta Sharp, a school term, and local social life.
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Stanat
D. K. Lindsay
G. W. Logan
Gray Creek
J. 0. Levander
Mealows
Hunt and Yokem
Indian Valley
McMahon
Tragedy and turmoil headline a turbulent Idaho saga
A collage of 19th century Idaho items details a deadly double tragedy in Challis, railroad and land disputes with Nez Perce, a cyclone wrecking Coeur d Alene booms and transport, presses burning in Rexburg, and irrigation hopes for Mountain Home as newspapers change hands and towns adjust to upheaval and reform.
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Idaho Commonwealth
Payette
A. B. Gipsom Stys
Coeur d'Alens
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